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person_profile-Ken Russell

Ken Russell Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ken Russell

Date of Birth:

Jul 03, 1927

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Nov 27, 2011

Biography of

Ken Russell

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was an English film director. He is known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his controversial style. He has been criticized as being over-obsessed with sexuality and the church. His subject matter is often about famous composers, or based on other works of art which he adapts loosely. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he did creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. He also directed many feature films independently and for studios.

    He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980).

    One noted admirer, the British film critic Mark Kermode, attempting to sum up the director's achievement, called Russell; "somebody who proved that British cinema didn't have to be about kitchen-sink realism - it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini. He now makes very strange experimental films like Lion's Mouth and Revenge of the Elephant Man, and they are as edgy and out there as the work he made in the 1970s."

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Ken Russell

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Filmography of

Ken Russell

Found 36 Movies in total

Twiggy

(archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2025

The Who: One Band's Explosive Story

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

Mr. Nice

Russell Miegs ( Actor )

... 2010

10 Best Elgar

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

The Real Blue Nuns

Self ( Actor )

... 2006

Trapped Ashes

Dr. Lucy ( Actor )

Director

... 2006

Brothers of the Head

Himself ( Actor )

... 2006

Colour Me Kubrick

The Man In Nightgown ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2002

Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

Writer

... 2002

The Fall of the Louse of Usher

Dr. Calahari ( Actor )

Cinematography

... 2002

The Real Oliver Reed

Self ( Actor )

... 2000

... 1997

Vem Var Dracula

Self ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1996

... 1995

... 1995

The Secret Life of Arnold Bax

Sir Arnold Bax ( Actor )

Writer

... 1992

Whore

Waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1991

The Russia House

Walter ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

The Lair of the White Worm

Police Radio (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1988

Salome's Last Dance

Cappadocian ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1988

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Himself ( Actor )

Writer

... 1988

... 1987

Gothic

Tourist ( Actor )

Director

... 1987

... 1986

... 1983

... 1979

Valentino

Rex Ingram ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1977

Tommy

Cripple (uncredited) ( Actor )

Screenplay

... 1975

Savage Messiah

Passenger getting off train in station (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1972

Song of Summer

Priest ( Actor )

Writer

... 1968

Don’t Shoot the Composer

Himself ( Actor )

Director

... 1966

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Captain Patterson ( Actor )

Writer

... 1966